PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Bank failures increased dramatically in the last financial crisis, rising from 25 in 2008 to 140 in 2009. Resolute Bank in Maumee, Ohio closed on Oct. 25 and was assumed by Buckeye State Bank in Powell, Ohio. Louisa Community Bank of Louisa, Kentucky also shuttered on Oct. It had one branch with $27.1

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American Banker

JULY 26, 2024

Ending a five-year M&A hiatus, the Wheeling, West Virginia-based company has agreed to pay $959 million in stock for Premier Financial in Defiance, Ohio.

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American Banker

JULY 12, 2023

The company said long-time chief executive Chuck Sulerzyski would retire in 2024 and be succeeded by Tyler Wilcox, Peoples' executive vice president of community banking.

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American Banker

AUGUST 4, 2020

First Bank of Central Ohio would be based near Columbus, where another group opened a bank last year.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

has agreed to buy DCB Financial in Lewis Center, Ohio, for $106 million in cash and stock. First Commonwealth Financial in Indiana, Pa.,

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. The bank provides crop insurance to farmers in 11 states.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 9, 2017

First City Bank, a $60 million-asset institution in Columbus, Ohio, has been performing bottom-up stress testing on their portfolio for over six years. Learn more about stress testing methodology by downloading this guide, Actionable Stress Testing Results For Community Banks.

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American Banker

JANUARY 31, 2025

Small lenders across the country filled leadership positions, including The Peoples Savings Bank in Ohio, which promoted from within to name its first woman CEO.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

The Social Bankers, a collective of community bank marketers, offers inspiration, information and professional development advice to community bankers focused on marketing and social media. Illustration by miakievy/iStock. We asked them for their need-to-know social tips. By Julie Kendrick.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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American Banker

MAY 20, 2020

The Ohio company said the decision reflects branch overlap and lower customer usage of the locations being shuttered.

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American Banker

JUNE 18, 2021

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. Regulators and industry consultants agree that community banks are generally doing a great job handling their regulatory oversight and requirements.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Whether achieved by internal or external resources, community banks provide valuable support for small businesses. By providing “bonus” services to small businesses, such as startup loan programs and referral services, community banks prove themselves to be reliable financial partners, with mutually beneficial results.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

The Peoples Bank Co. Coldwater, Ohio. While out-of-town lenders gave money to customers requiring no down payments to buy overpriced homes that they couldn’t afford, Hartings, the president and CEO of The Peoples Bank Co. Hartings required down payments for the bank’s home mortgage borrowers. By Kelly Pike. Employees: 80.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

an advanced data management company in Akron, Ohio, that periodically studies how companies’ emails are read. in Akron, Ohio, advises keeping subject lines short (some cell phones truncate subject lines at 31 characters). For community banks seeking help optimizing their email, there are plenty of options.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

million in cash for a bank with one branch and a large amount of low-cost deposits. The company will pay $15.5

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

Here are the key areas of D&I policies and practices that community banks may need if these requirements change or become mandatory. How does your bank’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) compliance program compare with the regulatory standards for D&I policies and practices? By Mary Thorson-Wright. Legislative updates.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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American Banker

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

Clint Morton Farmers & Merchants Bank in Miamisburg, Ohio. The combination has helped make him the star lender at Farmers & Merchants Bank, a $120 million-asset community bank in Miamisburg, Ohio. One of the best things community banks offer is the opportunity to learn banking inside and out.”.

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American Banker

MAY 26, 2016

in Ohio has raised roughly $11 million through several stock offerings. Middlefield Banc Corp.

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American Banker

JUNE 23, 2021

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Even though we as community bankers support small businesses every day of the year, the holidays provide us with a unique opportunity to put small businesses and our communities front and center. ICBA makes it easy for you to share the positive story of community banks and small businesses with the annual Go Local Holidays campaign.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Even though we as community bankers support small businesses every day of the year, the holidays provide us with a unique opportunity to put small businesses and our communities front and center. ICBA makes it easy for you to share the positive story of community banks and small businesses with the annual Go Local Holidays campaign.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 29, 2015

When Target agreed to reimburse affected MasterCard-issuing banks roughly $19 million following the retailer’s massive 2013 data breach, which incurred significant costs for thousands of community banks, it gave community banks a choice—either accept the meager settlement or continue the costly and risky road of litigation.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 13, 2018

is the parent company of Willamette Valley Bank, a community bank headquartered in Salem, Oregon. The Bank operates five full service offices. billion in asset holding company for Farmers & Merchants State Bank (F&M). I always search for the "why" when banks excel in total return. And to them I say.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Mark Vis, a real estate and commercial loan officer with First State Bank Southwest, a $250 million-asset community bank in Worthington, Minn., This ups the ante for banks courting certain business owners, particularly those managing startup companies. Morton, a senior lender at the $120 million-asset community bank.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

United Community Financial in Youngstown, Ohio, has agreed to buy Ohio Legacy Corp. in North Canton for $40.3 million, or $18 a share, in cash and stock.

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American Banker

APRIL 18, 2022

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

This upcoming year has a lot of good in store for our industry, because ICBA continues to pursue even more successes for community banks nationwide. Few would have thought a highway bill would become the vehicle that would allow multiple community bank regulatory relief provisions to be signed into law by the president.

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American Banker

JULY 28, 2016

in Ohio has agreed to buy Liberty Bank in Beachwood, Ohio. Middlefield Banc Corp.

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American Banker

MAY 9, 2016

Farmers National Banc in Canfield, Ohio, has agreed to buy Bowers Insurance Agency in Cortland, Ohio.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 25, 2014

." - Gregory Schreacke, President of First Financial Service Corporation in Elizabethtown, KY on his bank''s sale to Community Bank Shares of Indiana, Inc. of Ocala, Florida on the bank''s sale to Heritage Financial Group, Inc. Read: We needed greater scale to offer the products and services demanded by customers.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Community Savings in Caldwell, Ohio, has begun the process to convert from a mutual thrift to a stockholder-owned company.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Thank you to all of you whom I’ve had the opportunity to meet over the past year during my travels, and thank you to those of you who—while our paths may not have crossed physically—stood together for one cause, community banking. Jack Hartings is president and CEO of The People’s Bank Co. in Coldwater, Ohio.

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American Banker

MARCH 3, 2016

DCB Financial in Lewis Center, Ohio, has given its chief executive the added title of chairman.

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